grand jeté

[ French grahn zhuh-tey ]

noun

, Ballet.

, plural grands je·tés [g, r, ah, n, zh, uh, -, tey].

1. a jump or jeté, preceded by a grand battement or high kick, in which a dancer leaps from one leg and lands on the other.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grand jeté¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1925–30